The use of rubrics is growing as a viable means of evaluating students' performances. Explore the growing number of excellent Internet resources on this subject:
Rubrics: When? Why? How? Connecting the Pieces (from Government of Saskatchewan) - Was written in response to teacher interest in gaining increased understanding of the use of a variety of assessment methods.
Why Rubrics? - Discussion of what a rubric is, why use one, and how to develop one.
Make Room for Rubrics- What is a rubric, why use rubrics, and tips on finding and building rubrics.
Opportunity-to-Learn (OTL) Rubrics - from Government of Saskatchewan - Assessment for Learning Unit. Rubrics describing characteristics at different levels of opportunity-to-learn and different levels of performance.
Rubric and Rubrics Makers Generators - A list of rubric generators that will allow teachers to make rubrics by filling out a simple form. The site is in the process of adding high quality rubrics.
Ready-Made Rubrics - This site contains links to scores of example rubrics in a wide range of content areas.
Creating Rubrics- The University of Minnesota staff describes important issues to consider when creating rubrics.
Rubric on Writing Good Rubrics- Nancy Osborne presents a succinct rubric for distinguishing between superior, good and poor rubrics.
Research Rubric- The University of Southern Maine staff compares and contrasts two research paper rubrics which show the progression between a “not so good” and a “better” rubric. From their tutorial on Rubrics.
Teacher-Created Rubrics for Assessment - UW-Stout has gathered links to many types of exemplary rubrics: PowerPoint oral presentations, video projects, student portfolios, student web projects, cooperative learning, research reports, writing, math/art/science, and rubrics for use in the primary grades.
Rubric Resources
The use of rubrics is growing as a viable means of evaluating students' performances. Explore the growing number of excellent Internet resources on this subject: